Fellow rookie Allisha Gray added 10 points for the fourth-seeded Tar Heels (26-9), who led by nine at halftime, then dominated the opening minutes of the second half.

MARYLAND 69, TEXAS 64 (at College Park, Md.) — Alyssa Thomas scored all 16 of her points in the second half and Maryland squeezed by the cold-shooting Longhorns and into the Sweet 16 for the third consecutive year.

The fourth-seeded Terrapins (26-6) next face Tennessee, the No. 1 seed in the Louisville regional.